What is the population of Rainsville city?

Rainsville city has 5,613 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #109 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Rainsville city?

Median household income in Rainsville city is $64,140 a year, 18.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rainsville city?

Median gross rent is $647 a month and the median home value is $207,800, so rent absorbs about 12.1% of median household income.

Is Rainsville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rainsville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rainsville, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rainsville, Alabama (Rainsville, AL — Census place “Rainsville city”) is 5,613 residents, ranking #109 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $64,140, the median home is worth $207,800 and median gross rent runs $647 a month. Looking for the Rainsville Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rainsville, AL: 35986.

Population: 5,613Rainsville city residents
Median household income: $64,140Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $207,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $647Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 84.5%Owner-occupied households

Rainsville ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rainsville.

The Rainsville AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

35986

What the numbers mean in Rainsville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rainsville city median would spend about 12.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.7% of residents and 84.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Rainsville city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rainsville city is a mid-size town in Alabama, with 5,613 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #109 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 46.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Rainsville city earn a median of $64,140 a year, 18.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% above the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rainsville city is valued at $207,800, 31.5% below the national figure and 31% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $647 a month, 54% below the national figure, or roughly $7,764 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 84.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Rainsville city?: Rainsville city has 5,613 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #109 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Rainsville city?: Median household income in Rainsville city is $64,140 a year, 18.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rainsville city?: Median gross rent is $647 a month and the median home value is $207,800, so rent absorbs about 12.1% of median household income.
Is Rainsville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rainsville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rainsville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.